System of motor control.



W. SIEBENMORGEN & s. 11. KEEPER. SYSTEM OF MOTOR CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1910,

986,091 v Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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UNiTED s'rntrns PATENT-OFFICE.

WILLIAM .smnnnmoncnn AND "SAMUEL H. ,KEEFEn, or rmunrmnn, NEW, JERSEY, assronons ro'mrns-nnmnnr-ronn COMPANY, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A

CORPORATION O]? JERSEY.

SYSTEM MOTOR CONTROL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February a. 1910. Serial No. 542,798.

Patented Mar. 7, 191 1 To all whom, it my concern:

Be it known that \\'e L'LL1.\1r Slum-1N .wonorx and Emma-2L H. Knnrnn, both citizens ofthellnited States; residing, in Plain-- field, State of Sew-Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Systems or Motor Control; of which the following is a specivarying the speed otmotors such asarc employed in omratinc planet-s. slotte'rs. printing presses, and the like, it isdesirable that the machine be accelerated as rapidly as possible to its IlltlXlllllllll-SPQCLl; and one ob ject. of the presentinvention is to provide a novel combination of apparatus for accomplishing this end.

e further desire to provide a combina tion of apparatus which shall mitoinaticall'y act to temporarily cutout or insert a body of resistance, or other electric currentvarying, means, during the period within which the speed of the motor is beihg accelerated, and which shall thereafter insert or output such means, either at'some other time during the acceleration of the motor, or after it has been brought up to speed.

These objects and other advantageous ends we secure as hereinafter setforth, ref crence bring; had to the :wcompanyin r drawings, in u'hirh;

Figure 1, is a diagrammatic 'I'PIJI'BHUUttl. tion of a system cml'iodyin; our invention;

*Fig. 2, is a diagramn'iatic view similar to Fig. 1., illustrating a slightly modified form of the automatic controlling apparatus;

Fig. 3, is a diagrammatic represcntatmng illustrating our Ul\:( .lll1t()ll as applied to a compound wound motor, and Fig. 4, is a simi tll' (llii1'l:tllillltlll(f view showing a slight modification ol the system Illustrated in Fig.

Referring to Fig. 1, 2 is the armature of a shunt motor and 1 IS the field wind ng thereof 5 there being in series with this latter a bod 3 ,of variableresistance. It will'be understood that the amount of this resistance-in circuit with the shunt field-may be \aiicd by any of the various methods known in the art, although in addition to that particular portion of said resistance indicated at at, primarily designed for causing the well known Variations in the field current whereby the speed of the motor is varied,- we provide an additional section of resistance 5. for the purposes of our invention. In shunt with thisresistance 5, we connect some elec trical de\'ice,'whcreby it is, in thisv instance, shr.n't-ci 1'cuite(l,but which is capable, when properl actuated, -of temporarily opening the short circuit and thereafter again closing it as before. For this purpose, we may employ a solenoid having a winding and a core 7, which core is electrically connected to one end of the body 5- of resistance and is also connected to two contacts 5 and 9 capable of respectively cooperating with lixcd contacts 10 and 11. These latter cont:n -t-s are connected to each other and to the second end of the body ofirtsistance. The winding G of the solenoid ma be connected to any suitable source of current and-also to any desired automatic or hand operated switch. whereby the flow oi current through it may be controlled in the manner desired. In the present IiIIStaIICGt, we have shown a switch 12 so connected.

'When it is desired to start the motor, the

connecte to 'a suitable source of current,

minals through the armature 2- to the other terminal and also flows through the field winding 1, the resistance 4, solenoid core 7, and contacts 9 and 11, with the result that g the motor will at once tend to assume a 1 certaln speed depending, amor' other th ngs,

uponthe amount of sald resistance 4. 1\ccontacts 8 and 10 into engagement with each other. As a result, during the first moments terminal u and a. of the motor circuit are so that current llows from one of said tercontacts. 5) and -11, and then to bring the current is supplied to the motor, the whole be understood by thoseskilled in the art, body 3 of resistance is in series with the field a most important item in the operation of winding, 1, so thatthe field strength of the machine tools and similar apparatus.

motor is a minimum and the tendency to accelerate its speed is a maximum. It will be seen, however, that the body 5 of resistance is only temporarily inserted in the circuit, for as soon as the core 7 of the solenoid has moved sufiicie'ntly to bring the contacts 8 and 10' into engagement, said body is again short-'circuited, so that an increased volume of currentis permitted to flow in the field circuit;' this current being the amount'nccessary to secure the desired speed of operation of the motor.

Any desired means, such as a dash pct 13, may be employed to retard the upward movement 0 the core of the solenoid, and in Fig. 2, we have shown another form of apparatus whereby this same end may be secured. For this purpose, the solenoid core 7 is, as before, connected to one end of the extra body of resistance 5, while the opposite end of said resistance ii connected to but a single contact 11. The solenoid core carries a single contact 9 designed to engage the fixed contact 11 and there is mounted adjacent to said core a body 14 of iron or other suitable magnetic material with which the core may directly engage. In this case, the winding 6 of the solenoid is in circuit with some form of switch 12 which may conveniently be closed and then Opened after a predetermined time, either by hand or automatically, so that under operatin conditions, the core 7 of the solenoid is rawn upwardly into contact with the body 14: of magnetic material which is preferably included in the magnetic circuit of the solenoid. At the same time the contacts 9 and 11 are separated so as to break the shortcircuit around the extra body 5 of resistance. Even though the flow of current through the winding 6 may be or relatively short duration, the core 7 does not immediately return to its normal or lower position, since owing to its residual magnetism, as well as to that of the body 14 and of the iron casing with which the solenoid is customarily equipped, it tends to remain for a definite time in engagement with said body 14. hen, however, the residual magnetism has practically died out, the core is released and falls under the action of gravity or of a sprii'ig, so that the contact 9 is again brought in engagement with the contact 1L The result attained is the same as that described in connection with the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, for the field of the motor is temporarily weakened during its period of acceleration and is afterward returned to the desired normal strength after the motor has been brought up to speed. By this means the period of time required for acceleration is very materially reduced, which is, as will lVhile many combinations of apparatus may be' devised for accomphshmg the above noted result without departing from our inveution, we have illustrated two in addition to those suggested in Figs. 1 and 2. The first of these is shown in F ig. 3, where we have illustrated our invention as applied to a compound wound motor. having an armature 2, a shuntfield l and a body of field resistance 3. The series field winding 17 has its turns so disposed that the flux produced by it opposes that of the shunt field windingyzind as in the case of the auxiliary or extra body of resistance 5, there is connected in shunt to this series field winding an automatic switch provided by the two pairs of contacts 9 and 11 and 8 and 10.respectively, which are' controlled bya solenoid having a winding 6 and a core 7 as above described. In this instance the switch 12 in circuit with the solenoid winding is closed at the same time current is supplied to the terminals a, a, Z), Z) of the motor ci r cuit, so that during the period of acceleration of the motor, the series winding is energized by the current flowing through the armature circuit and its flux opposes that due to the shunt'winding, thus weakening the field with the result above noted. At the end of this period the contact 8 engages the contact 10 and the series winding is again short-circuited, in which condition it remains. As in the case of Fig. 2, we may omit the second pair of cont: cts 8 and 10 and provide the solcr aid (.7 with a ,body of magnetic material 14 adjacent to its core, which in this instance is provided with but a single contact 9 co-acting with the fixed contact 11. In this case, when the switch l2 is closed simultaneously with that governing the supply of current to the motor circuit,

the short circuit around the series field wind- L 913 ing 17 is broken by reason of the separation of the contacts 9 and 11 under the action of the solenoid winding (3. During the period of acceleration, the residual magnetism of the core 7 and of the magnetic body 14,

at the proper strength necessary to insure the designed operation and speed of the motor,

By reason of the fact that the series field winding is opposed to the shunt field winding 1, it so weakens the field flux that the field winding; weakening the field flux of theanotor as soon as current 1s supplied in order'to start the materially shorterthan would otherwise be the case. The etlect of this temporary variation in the lield strength of the motor, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, is'to permit an abnormal current to flow in its armature circuit during the period of acceleration; which current, however, is automatically reduced, when -the motor has come up to speed, by the apparatus heretofore described, so that it thereafter operates with the'current and speed for which? it was designed'ult will further be noted that without departing from our invention, other means may beemployed for temporarily increasing the armature current of the motor during its period of acceleration and then cutting down the'current flow to the proper point after the machine has come up to speed 1 meansindependent of the motor armature.

We claim 1. The. combination of'a Inotor having a means for automatieally period of acceleration of the motoris inade same; with means for causing said .tirhl to v be restored to its normal strength after the motor has come up to speed.

- 2. The combination with a motorhaving a field winding of a body of resistance connected in series therewith; a device for normally cutting out said resistance; and means whereby said resistance is temporarily placed in-circnit with the field windlng during the period of acceleration of the motor.

3. The combination of a motor having shunt field windlng; a body of resistance 1n series with said winding; a switch normally Copies of this patent may be obtained for five'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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